Mom Haiku #838 (4/26/26) Hostess tucks scooter away from dining tables. City-kid valet.

Mom Haiku #837 (4/26/26) I vowed not to talk about kids on my night out. Dear reader, I failed.

Mom Haiku #836 (4/24/26) Poses hand-on-hip, adds her smile, style and sass to the school portrait.

Mom Haiku #835 (4/23/26) I’m so so hungry! Like one thousand percent! No, I won’t eat that.

Mom Haiku #834 (4/22/26) Some people hug trees. Our kid kisses leaves and smiles. Love for #EarthDay grows.

Mom Haiku #833 (4/21/26) Crank up the volume! Community board live stream. My must watch TV.

Mom Haiku #832 (4/20/26) Our short kid stands out. “Everyone says I’m so cute.” You are…and much more.

Mom Haiku #831 (4/19/26) Double birthday party! Efficient socializing plus two kinds of cake.

Mom Haiku #830 (4/18/26) “Mommy, you farted. I can hear your bottom talk.” So you CAN listen…

Mom Haiku #829 (4/17/26) School art walk and snack. Fueled by creativity, crackers, cheese and juice.

Mom Haiku #828 (4/16/26) “Well, anybody who knows anything knows that.” Kid educates us.

Mom Haiku #827 (4/15/26) Kid eats the carrot cut into a triangle “unicorn horn”…yum!

Mom Haiku #826 (4/14/26) Spring heatwave cooks us. “I’m hotter than sun and fire… I need an ice cream.”

Mom Haiku #825 (4/13/26) My phone commands me: Time to learn Esperanto! Jes, the kid signed up.

Mom Haiku #824 (4/12/26) Sprinkles and icing make cookies more enticing. What about carrots?

Mom Haiku #823 (4/11/26) Spent bubble-wands lie empty across playground turf. Air joy relics pop.

Mom Haiku #822 (4/10/26) Springtime wakes up. “When did you start liking plants?” Conversations bloom.

Mom Haiku #821 (4/9/26) “What’s infinity plus two thousandy hundred?” This new math beats me.

Mom Haiku #820 (4/8/26) Kid scans subway car. “Everybody is on their phones.” Picks a window seat.

Mom Haiku #819 (4/7/26) “More golden hummus!” Kid shuns the sweet potatoes until I gild them.

Mom Haiku #818 (4/6/26) Magnolias bloom. “I wish I could eat the tree.” We gobble up spring.

Mom Haiku #817 (4/5/26) Matzah tastes good once tummy troubles pass over. Pesach miracle!

Mom Haiku #816 (4/4/26) Applesauce three ways! Mushy thrills fortify us. Sick day indulgence.

Mom Haiku #815 (4/3/26) #Norovirus makes you radiate rainbow hues; feel only the blues.

Mom Haiku #814 (4/2/26) Fifth Seder question: “Are we done with the sad stuff?” Happy #Passover!

Mom Haiku #813 (4/1/26) Toilet paper done. Kid notices and refills. Hero on a roll!

Mom Haiku #812 (3/31/26) Play the drugstore sales so well, the cashier said, “wow!” Coupon game on point.

Mom Haiku #811 (3/30/26) Kid draws the weather. Sun, clouds, and windy spirals. Forecast: cool and cool.

Mom Haiku #810 (3/29/26) Kid sees me doze off, tucks stuffies under my arms. Hold onto nap-time.

Mom Haiku #809 (3/28/26) Kid writes a story: a fox searching for a snack. I would buy that book.

Mom Haiku #808 (3/27/26) She wants to read books of people who changed the world. Also, unicorns.

Mom Haiku #807 (3/26/26) “I don’t like your shirt. You HAVE to wear light colors.” Kid decrees spring schemes.

Mom Haiku #806 (3/25/26) A dash of spare time. Let’s color for two minutes? Kid claps, “Yes! My dream.”

Mom Haiku #805 (3/24/26) How was after school? We made cookie sandwiches! “Cooking Class” delights.

Mom Haiku #804 (3/23/26) Five-year-old belts out “I wanna dance!” and shimmies. Power of Whitney.

Mom Haiku #803 (3/22/26) “Plants are very good…” “…listeners,” the kid tells us. Our ears and minds bloom.

Mom Haiku #802 (3/21/26) Stories, sips and spins from book club, tea and laundry. Saturday gets wild.

Mom Haiku #801 (3/20/26) Museum highlight... Dinosaur bones? Giant whale? Nah…potato chips!

Mom Haiku #800 (3/19/26) Pick #tea over teams. My #MarchMadness bracket brews. Oolong…LFG!

Mom Haiku #798 (3/17/26) Cooking class delights bring home leftover grilled cheese “to share with Mommy!”

Mom Haiku #797 (3/16/26) Downpours soak us through. I can’t control the weather, but pickup time can.

Mom Haiku #796 (3/15/26) “It’s pouty cloudy!” Kid meteorologist feels weather deeply.

Mom Haiku #795 (3/14/26) My cheeks feel the sun. My brain forgot that feeling. My core requests more.

“Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here” “Maybe changing the world is more like caregiving than it is like war.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m... via @nytimes.com

Mom Haiku #794 (3/13/26) What caused the meltdown? “Not enough juice!” she sputtered. No quaff would have quenched.

Mom Haiku #793 (3/12/26) Sleet falls…sideways!? We learn about the weather, lessons swirl around.

Mom Haiku #792 (3/11/26) Slurp up playground time. Swing, scoot, sweat, slide, swing some more, until more snow falls.

Mom Haiku #791 (3/10/26) Sequin sticks to sock. Arts and crafts experiments bring shine to the sole.

Mom Haiku #790 (3/9/26) Woof! Meow! Arf! Purr! No animals, just one kid. “I’m a puppy cat.”

Mom Haiku #789 (3/8/26) Kid gnashes her teeth. Daylight savings springs forward. “I’m eating the clock.”